MBIO 3000 Lecture 13: Lecture 13
9 Mar 2017
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Small out breaks of measles and pertussis. Frontier school division national microbiology lab - google for video of lab. Hand washing is the single most important procedure for preventing. Lots of bacteria and virus on hour hands, we are always on our phone and transmitting bacteria (fomite) 3 levels - social hand wash, hygienic hand wash and surgical scrub. Do not use anti-microbial soap - using antibiotics in not a prescribed way (causing resistance) There are many classes of chemical disinfectants and they come in many forms. Susceptibility to disinfection varies within biological species. Environmental and other factors can in uence ef cacy. Epa (us) and other countries may regulate disinfectants. There are other alternatives to chemical disinfection. Hand washing - simple, inexpensive and critical. Lots of ways of storage - a lot of the time they are used incorrectly.
